Keninjal

KNL

vigorous

Alternate Names: Dayak Kaninjal, Kaninjal, Kaninjal Dayak

Dialects: Kubing. Lexical similarity: more than 80% with other “Malayic Dayak” dialects in Melawi Basin like Barai, Nanga Nuak, Kebahan, Ransa, Kenyilu, Limbai and Kubin.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Malayo-Chamic
Malayic

Demographics: 32,000 (2007 SIL).

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Keninjal is one of many ill-defined “Malayic Dayak” varieties.